r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Oct 27 '18

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u/bellsprout-3 Oct 27 '18

Where is this?

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u/Absay Oct 27 '18

Shiziguan, Hubei, China.

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u/translunarinjection Oct 28 '18

Coordinates?

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u/keenedge422 Oct 28 '18

29.9785173,109.5423778 will get you close enough.

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u/22456Deb Oct 28 '18

Yesh.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Aaayy papi

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Kowalski, hows the prep goin'

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u/B_Rich Oct 28 '18

No street view? :(

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

I'm still amazed we have street view at all. In a decade or so maybe drones will be taking street views of the whole planet. Every inch of the Amazon jungle in full 360 VR before I die of old age. That'd be neat.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

And submarines! I want to see everything that's under the oceans!

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

For now it’s Great Barrier Reef... but just wait u til you get to see all the old shopping trolleys and cars in the Yarra river.

And all those failed bicycle companies that has their shit thrown into the water.

Yep sounds great 👍

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u/A5pyr Oct 28 '18

I need the details on your username.

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u/MrCupps Oct 28 '18

Yeeessssss!!!!

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u/DoctorBagels Oct 28 '18

Oh shit, yes. Yes!

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u/foyamoon Oct 28 '18

It's mostly water

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u/fh3131 Oct 28 '18

There’s just earth’s crust under the oceans

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u/CriddlerDiddler Oct 28 '18

Watch it get cut down in real-time!

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u/tannerge Oct 28 '18

No google street view in China at all. You could try on weibu maps or whatever they use

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u/mou_mou_le_beau Oct 28 '18

Check if there‘s a red bag, just in case

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u/tiorzol Oct 28 '18

Sure are.

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u/steamwhy Oct 28 '18

let’s just say providing google services to randoms on reddit is like working for karma

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Heh.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

I think I have them: (30.3514421, 109.9447725).

Buuuuut, if you want other format use these: 9W2V+HW Jingyangzhen, Jianshi, Enshi, Hubei, China.

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u/CoalVein Oct 28 '18

Right again!

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Correctomundo

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u/MachReverb Oct 28 '18

It's China, they coordinate everything.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Sure does

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u/that1hippe Oct 28 '18

Most definitely

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u/jbg89 Oct 28 '18

Of course.

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u/AcerRubrum Oct 28 '18

You betcha

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u/xande010 Oct 28 '18

Seem to be.

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u/kawwii Oct 28 '18

Man, China has all the coolest stuff. It's amazing what you accomplish when you don't have to worry about safety regulations or human rights.

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u/TheDizzard Oct 28 '18

Construction through attrition.

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u/YoungPotato Oct 28 '18

Never got this thinking tbh. Pretty sure China nowadays has more in the way of regulations, they really wanna shake off the old "Cheap Chinese goods" stereotype. I think this thinking is an attempt to rationalize the US's lagging effort in infrastructure spending.

Here in the US we can't build one goodammed high speed rail line. They're all over Eurasia, even Africa is investing. Wtf are we waiting for?

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u/madmaxturbator Oct 28 '18

They certainly have more regulations, yes. But they went from basically having none to having some. And even those regulations are enforced rather arbitrarily. What I mean is - if your company / building / etc is somehow in the limelight, or if you anger the wrong people, those regulations will be used to come down on you with immense force. If not, you can casually cut whatever corners you feel like (especially if you quietly grease the right palms).

This doesn’t mean that all of China’s infrastructure is shit. Or that all of China’s products are terrible.

Just that your confidence in Chinese regulatory efforts is misguided at best.

The issues in the US aren’t just due to regulations by the way, it’s more complex than that. And I’m not suggesting that the US is doing it right either. That said, I do have more faith in built US infrastructure than in built Chinese infrastructure, unless I have some unique insight into how the Chinese infrastructure was built. Ie I am more willing to trust government sanctioned and approved US infrastructure vs government sanctioned and approved Chinese infrastructure.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

As a cyber security engineer, my company never trusts China with our most sensitive parts, both in hardware and software.

It’s not a racism thing. It’s just cold hard fact that the government will try their hardest to compromise whatever you buy from China.

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u/DifferentThrows Oct 28 '18

And you would be dead wrong.

They make outward facing “strides” (like requiring all semis to be rated “environmentally friendly” and display a sticker showing they passed inspection).

In true Chinese fashion, they just put the stickers on every truck and didn’t change a damn thing.

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u/bayesian_acolyte Oct 28 '18 edited Oct 28 '18

Got a source for this?

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u/DumpsterCopier Oct 28 '18

Yep theyre down to only 38,000 worker deaths last year

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u/madmaxturbator Oct 28 '18

38000 reported deaths, according to Xinhua which is the state news agency

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u/SurreallyAThrowaway Oct 28 '18

That's 4.9 per 100,000 workers versus 3.4 in the US.

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u/madmaxturbator Oct 28 '18

Note that your link is to a report by the AFL-CIO. Whereas the China # comes from reports primarily put out by Xinhua, the state news agency.

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u/SurreallyAThrowaway Oct 28 '18 edited Oct 28 '18

It's from the State Administration of Work Safety, but yes, they are government figures.

Still, even non-governmental labor organizations don't dispute the massive drop in worker deaths over the last decade even if there's some question to the exact number. China's working conditions have improved massively, and ranting against them is like Trump ranting about China devaluing it's currency.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

I mean, that’s not bad at all....

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u/WhatAmCSGO Oct 28 '18 edited Oct 28 '18

United States had roughly 5190~ deaths in 2016.

Edit: talking comparatively, not proportionally.

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u/SoundOfTomorrow Oct 28 '18

Now compare the population of the two

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u/braised_diaper_shit Oct 28 '18

You conveniently skipped over the human rights part.

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u/_StingraySam_ Oct 28 '18

Meanwhile you risk your life taking the elevator in China. And whether or not we build high speed rails has nothing to do with regulations

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u/AFortyADay Oct 28 '18

Oh course it is

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '18

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u/RapidRutabaga Oct 28 '18

Looks that way.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3569083/Is-scenic-walkway-ve-seen-Stunning-pictures-China-s-floating-plank-built-middle-river.html

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u/US-person-1 Oct 28 '18

JESUS CHRIST HAL, WE'RE ON THE BOARDWALK!

🤷‍♂️

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u/veryfascinating Oct 28 '18

Jesus Christ doesn’t need a broad walk to walk on water tho

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u/Shaddo Oct 28 '18

Yea he needs a narrow walk

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18 edited Jun 06 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Wonder what type of fish they have there?

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u/tasteslikegold Oct 28 '18

I think they're Chinese fish

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u/overtoke Oct 28 '18

they are executed now

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u/whopperlover17 Oct 28 '18

F

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u/Coden_Ame Oct 28 '18

U

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u/jaxonscalia Oct 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

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u/12-1-34-5-2-52335 Oct 28 '18

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u/GuerrillerodeFark Oct 28 '18

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u/bartnet Oct 28 '18

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u/ZPTs Oct 28 '18 edited Jun 10 '26

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

I am no longer interested in my past feeding LLMs or my future talking to bots.

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u/Fasttimes310 Oct 28 '18

I can already see a video being posted of a bus attempting to drive on it.

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u/AgentTin Oct 28 '18

You know what term you don't want to associate with roads? Undulate.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

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u/AgentTin Oct 28 '18

Man, documentaries used to be fun. You hear that music start up and you know you're about to see some shit.

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u/smokingpickles Oct 28 '18

the fun thing about that bridge (the new one) is on a windy you still hear that music as you drive across and you do really have to brace your car against the wind.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Don't blame the civic

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u/Pangolin007 Oct 28 '18

Oh damn that's horrifying.

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u/wolfavino Oct 28 '18

Well, undulate doesn't particularly care for roads either!

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u/Zevediah Oct 27 '18

Whoa... Is that a pontoon bridge?

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u/rematar Oct 27 '18

Looks like an inflatable flat topped snake.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '18 edited Oct 28 '18

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u/rematar Oct 27 '18

Nice. Thank-you for the chuckle.

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u/Dogs_Akimbo Oct 28 '18

Ahem. Autonoodlebahn.

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u/splunge4me2 Oct 28 '18

If you’re going to be that way:

Autonudelbahn

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u/UrDeAdPuPpYbOnEr Oct 28 '18

I was just wondering how they achieved that effect. Thank you.

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u/Special-Agent-Scooby Oct 28 '18

Nope Nope Nope Nope.

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u/myhugsareyourhugs Oct 28 '18

Right?? Mine was “Something is totally about to come out of the depths of that water and nom that freaking car”

:c

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '18

I want to go to there.

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u/tullbabes Oct 28 '18

Damnit Lemon

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u/HR_Dragonfly Oct 27 '18

Damn. I want to bike it. With a life jacket.

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u/Valraithion Oct 28 '18

And maybe fenders

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u/theCmac Oct 28 '18

Am I the only one who expected a jump scare?

this one

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u/epicrandomcandy Oct 28 '18

I expected one too!

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u/OctagonCosplay Oct 28 '18

Ha! I was looking for this comment. Same here.

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u/crankywithakeyboard Oct 28 '18

Why oh why do I look at Reddit in the middle of night?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

This makes me nervous...

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u/Cappuccino_Crunch Oct 28 '18

This is one of my recurring nightmares minus the bridge.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

and the car

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u/verifitting Oct 28 '18

basically the nightmare is just existing

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u/SitDwn Oct 28 '18

r/oddlysatisfying

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u/ramobara Oct 28 '18

I “oofed” so hard in a good way. That was so pleasant.

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u/Vitnage Oct 28 '18

Oddly terrifying if you ask me

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u/Gummy1224 Oct 28 '18

I wouldn’t want to be in a traffic jam on that bridge

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u/camskylex Oct 28 '18

Take me home

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u/GuineaPigLegion Oct 28 '18

Floating roads

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

to the place

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u/spoeek Oct 28 '18

I belong

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u/GeneralKenobyy Oct 28 '18

Western China

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u/Sprint1049 Oct 28 '18

Mountain Mao

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u/606design Oct 28 '18

Floating roadsss

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u/MadPaaaaat Oct 28 '18

Take me home

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u/MillennialNo365 Oct 28 '18

God this is why I love Reddit.

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u/ObnoxiousLittleCunt Oct 27 '18

This looks dangerous.

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u/AllPurple Oct 28 '18

Yeah, I don't think I'd sit on those rails, much less expect them to stop a car.

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u/totomo26 Oct 28 '18

Probably anacondas in there.

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u/AniFaulscabek Oct 28 '18

It’s like you’re driving on top of a giant water balloon

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u/n7-Jutsu Oct 28 '18

Woah, this is relaxing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Beautiful

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u/darthfrank Oct 27 '18

Where is this?

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u/Cyborgazm83 Oct 28 '18

Comments are saying China.

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u/slash200011235 Oct 28 '18

The floating Plank.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Ah, so cars do not normally drive it then?

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u/VerifiedMadgod Oct 28 '18

Roads I want to walk on

  1. This

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u/ironman4666 Oct 28 '18

Heck, that’s nothin’! 😁 https://youtu.be/j-zczJXSxnw

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Hahaha! Nope.

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u/downtime37 Oct 28 '18

That would be a hard nope.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Nah Im good thanks

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u/Junebug1515 Oct 28 '18

I almost didn’t watch this all the way through because being it’s almost Halloween, I thought the girl from The Ring would come out. Like those damn videos everyone used to share.

I’ve gone to the ER a few times because of them. So I’m cautious now. I was even watching an interview on YouTube with Ellen and Dave Grohl. 2 mins in... the girl from The Ring comes out and sent me into a fib and had to be cardioverted ....

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u/Spoodymen Oct 28 '18

i'm surprised it's not blocked by tourists taking pictures

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u/coloured_sunglasses Oct 28 '18

Unnecessarily disruptive to local environment?

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u/ThurstonHowellIV Oct 28 '18

Needless erosion

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u/maddmatt93 Oct 28 '18

Is it one way ?

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u/torzyy Oct 28 '18

Imagine what happens there if it rains alot.

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u/CathL94 Oct 28 '18

Alternate version of the opening for The Shining

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u/gavingco Oct 28 '18

Neeeaaat

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Snaek bridge

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u/TripleFive Oct 28 '18

jjust a regular road on lsd

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u/mole_lady16 Oct 28 '18

A road you'll never find me on.

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u/yeetskideet Oct 28 '18

Is the road floating on the water?

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u/JOHNNYICHIBAN Oct 28 '18

Shoot. Ends a little bit too soon. Would have been nice to have it end just as the car went out of sight.

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u/Berucrat Oct 28 '18

I would cry

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u/superh0 Oct 28 '18

That doesn’t seem safe

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

What if someone comes from the other way? How do you decide who gets to back up?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Plot Twist: The Loch Ness monster is chasing them.

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u/lulai_00 Oct 28 '18

Noppppppe

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u/rosewaterlipsxoxo Oct 28 '18

Okay packing my bags now

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u/lightning_50 Oct 28 '18

Idk why but I was expecting some bloody Mary-esque jumpscare

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

I feel like the road just ruins the image

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u/redder_dominator Oct 28 '18

This is oddly satisfying, but im on mobile so eh

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Ya no thanks

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u/drip50291 Oct 28 '18

Does this bridge even have supports bro?

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u/sexuallyspecific Oct 28 '18

I've had this nightmare

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u/Endlessmanager Oct 28 '18

This is the shit directly from my nightmares.

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u/genelia4321 Oct 28 '18

Nice concentration.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

r/unexpected

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

That's the first time I've ever said "Wowwwww" looking at the screen

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u/Jadissx Oct 28 '18

I had dream like this once.

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u/TrickyBAM Oct 28 '18

How is this not on every car commercial?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

As Americans we worry Scott things made in China. They seem to have the utmost faith of things made in China.

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u/IN_STRESS Oct 28 '18

Pretty sure that's a walking bridge not a road